Christa Kimlicko-Jones
Description
Christa Kimlicko-Jones is an American actress whose professional work encompasses both stage performance and voice acting for English adaptations of anime series. Her career is marked by a significant foundation in theatre, where she has worked extensively as an actor, director, producer, and educator, alongside her contributions to English-dubbed anime productions in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Kimlicko-Jones holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin, where she also earned a certification in Voice and Speech. This academic background underpins her dual career as a performer and a respected instructor. She has been on staff at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City for over a decade, serving as a voice and speech teacher, coach, and director for both New York University and conservatory students. Her teaching roles have also extended to other institutions, including CAP21, the NYU Tisch Kanbar Undergraduate Film and Television program, and Pace University.
Her work in anime voice acting primarily involves providing voices for English-language versions of Japanese series. One of her credited roles is as Purilun in the 2001 ONA series Magical Play. Another notable voice role is Sakura in the anime series Get Backers. Her other anime credits include providing additional voices for the English version of Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal, where she voiced the character Kasumi, and additional voices for Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. She is also credited with a role in Sakura Wars and as Ooyama in Dai-Guard. In addition to anime, her on-screen acting credits include the film Millennium Crisis and a role as a neighbor in the short film Worse.
Kimlicko-Jones has a long-standing professional and personal partnership with her husband, Judson Jones. The couple, who married in 1997, are frequent collaborators. Together, they are the founders of Theatre East, a New York City-based theatre company where she serves as the Founder and Associate Artistic Director. They have also worked together on numerous theatrical productions and were both founding members of the dirigo group in Austin, Texas. Her theatre work has been recognized with several nominations and awards, including the B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Actress for her role in Desire. She is a member of the Actors' Equity Association, the Voice and Speech Trainers' Association, and the League of Professional Theatre Women.
Kimlicko-Jones holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Texas at Austin, where she also earned a certification in Voice and Speech. This academic background underpins her dual career as a performer and a respected instructor. She has been on staff at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City for over a decade, serving as a voice and speech teacher, coach, and director for both New York University and conservatory students. Her teaching roles have also extended to other institutions, including CAP21, the NYU Tisch Kanbar Undergraduate Film and Television program, and Pace University.
Her work in anime voice acting primarily involves providing voices for English-language versions of Japanese series. One of her credited roles is as Purilun in the 2001 ONA series Magical Play. Another notable voice role is Sakura in the anime series Get Backers. Her other anime credits include providing additional voices for the English version of Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal, where she voiced the character Kasumi, and additional voices for Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. She is also credited with a role in Sakura Wars and as Ooyama in Dai-Guard. In addition to anime, her on-screen acting credits include the film Millennium Crisis and a role as a neighbor in the short film Worse.
Kimlicko-Jones has a long-standing professional and personal partnership with her husband, Judson Jones. The couple, who married in 1997, are frequent collaborators. Together, they are the founders of Theatre East, a New York City-based theatre company where she serves as the Founder and Associate Artistic Director. They have also worked together on numerous theatrical productions and were both founding members of the dirigo group in Austin, Texas. Her theatre work has been recognized with several nominations and awards, including the B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Actress for her role in Desire. She is a member of the Actors' Equity Association, the Voice and Speech Trainers' Association, and the League of Professional Theatre Women.
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- EnglishAnime overview: Magical Play